(February 15, 2018 at 5:57 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: As I said previously, I don't know a lot about Pence. So I decided to check out what it is that is the bases for this claim of conversion therapy support that deserves such condemnation.
It seems that most places point to just one thing. The following from his 2000 campaign website.
Quote:"Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior."
Politifact
Someone wrote in to add "Indeed, promoting safer sexual behaviour is a common intervention strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS," reader Justin Goddard of Ontario, Canada, said in an email.
People also cite Pences record of voting against "gay rights"
Now to go from this, to saying that he supports some of the horrible practices described by Dr. Fuzzy is just flat out wrong in my opinion. If there is more; that I'm missing then show me, but this appears to be going well beyond the facts to demonize someone. Someone can believe that homosexual activity is wrong, or that we should not have re-defined marriage for homosexuals, and it's not about hate. You don't have to agree with them, and you are free to think they are wrong. However if this is the basis for the outrage i'm seeing... I don't think the problem is with Pence.
Your response led me to read some of Pence's legislation, and yes, most of it was craftily worded. And his media spin people have been loudly stating that the Politifact quote above only addresses normal routes of therapy, and certainly not forced incarceration. And his people will keep protesting, and the left will keep saying that he's a rabid homophobe.
He can easily, easily fix this. He could do it today. Meet with Rippon and declare on camera that he's going to support gay marriage and gay rights from this point out, and that he regrets all off the discriminatory legislation that he previously supported. Then he needs to get busy and back up his words. Simple.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
